THE following players have been selected by boss Phil Reeve to represent Northants Men for the final inter-county Middleton Cup match against Huntingdonshire on Saturday at Kingsthorpe BC (2pm).

The County does still have a chance of qualifying, but they need Norfolk lose to Suffolk on the same day, and not pick up more than seven points, and they also need Suffolk not to win on all of their rinks.

NORTHAMPTON Express BC is celebrating its centenary year and took on Northants in a special match at the club’s Cotswold Avenue base, claiming an excellent 104-97 win.

The rink wins were equally shared, with the highest scoring rink for the County the one skipped by Phil Reeve, with a win by 11 shots, and the highest scoring one for Express was skipped by Simon Coles and claimed a 15 shots win.

NORTHANTS Ladies travelled to Thetford to take on Norfolk in a friendly, and secured a narrow 111-105 victory.

The rink wins were equally shared, with the highest scoring one for the County the one skipped by Brenda Bishop, which posted an 18 shots victory, which included a ‘hot shots’ maximum count of eight shots.

Norfolk also picked up a ‘hot shots’ maximum on the penultimate end on rink six, so Bishop’s eight was quite significant for the final score in the match.